Pope Leo's first apostolic journey, between late November and early December, to Turkey and Lebanon, will include an important sign of interreligious dialogue in a visit to the Blue Mosque in Istanbul ...

With a rich history dating back thousands of years, Istanbul is chock-full of architectural marvels. One such wonder is the Blue Mosque, or the Sultan Ahmed Mosque as it is known to locals. The Blue ...

When a 17th-century Ottoman sultan ordered architect Mehmet Aga to build a mosque to rival a majestic former Byzantine church, the result was an imposing structure of cascading domes and an interior ...

Istanbul (Agenzia Fides) - In the afternoon of 30 November, Pope Benedict XVI visited the Hagia Sophia Museum in Istanbul, former Byzantine basilica dedicated to Divine Wisdom, later made into a ...

Pope Leo will visit eight towns and cities in Turkey and Lebanon later this year, the Vatican said on Monday, his first trip ...

Pope Francis and Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew I of Constantinople, leave after an Ecumenical Prayer at the Patriarchal Church of Saint George in Istanbul November 29, 2014. Pope Francis and ...

Istanbul • Pope Francis stood Saturday for two minutes of silent prayer facing east in one of Turkey's most important mosques, a powerful vision of Christian-Muslim understanding at a time when ...

Pope Benedict XVI (file photo) (epa) November 25, 2006 -- The Vatican said today that Pope Benedict XVI may visit Istanbul's Sultanahmet Mosque -- known as the Blue Mosque -- during his visit to ...

ISTANBUL (Reuters) - Pope Francis prayed silently alongside a senior Islamic cleric in Istanbul's Blue Mosque on Saturday, in a gesture of inter-religious harmony in a country bordering the conflicts ...

Pope Francis prayed for some moments in the Sultan Ahmet Mosque in Istanbul on the second day of his visit to Turkey. He did so standing alongside the Grand Mufti of this city, head bowed, eyes closed ...